Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-12
Interstate Commerce Law.
Whatihe Railroad Companies OF the
Country Will Now be Com
pellet TO Attempt.

The Full and Complete Text OF
the Reagan-Cullom Inter
State Congressional
Enactment.
Following is the full and unabridged
text of the new interstate commerce
law, which will be of interest to railway
men and to the pubic generally:
| The provisions of this act shall apply
to amy common carrier or carriers engaged
In the transportation of passengers or
property wholly by railroad or partly by
railroad and partly by water when both
are used, under common control, man
agement or arrangementfora q continuous
carriage or shipment from one state or
territory of the United States or District
OF Columbia to any other state or ter.
ritory OF the United States or the Dis
trict OF Columbia or from any place IN
the United States to an adjacent foreign
country or from any place IN the Uuitsd
States througha o foreign country to any
other place in the United States, and
also to the transportation in like manner
OF property shipped from any place in
the United States to foreign county
and carried from such place to q port OF
trans-Hhipment, or shipped from for
eign country to any place in the United
States and carried to snch place from
port of entry either in the United States
or an adjacent country: Provided, how
ever, that the provisions OF this oct shall
not apply to the transportation of pas
sengers or property, or to the receiving,
delivering, storage, or handling of prop
erty. wholly within one state ana not
shipped to or from foreign country from
or to any state or territory as aforesaid.
TERMS "RAILRoAD" AND sTRANsPoRTA.
| TIoN" DEFINED.
/ The term railroad" ns used in this act
shall include all bridges and ferries used
or operated in connection with any rail-
road, and also all the road in use by any
corporation, operating q railroad, wheth-
er owned or operated under contract.
agreement, or lease; and the term,
Transportation" shall include all instru-
mentalitIes OF shipment or carringe.
REASONABLE AND JUST CHARGES.
All charges made for any service rem
dered or to be rendered in the transport
alton of passengers or property as afore-
said, or in connection Herewith, or for
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handling OF such property, shall be
reasonable and just; and every unjust
and unreasonable charge for such
service is prohibited aud declared to be
unlawful.
4 SPECIAL RATES, REBATES DRAWBACKS.
Sec. 2. That il any common carrier
subject to the provisions OF this act
shall, directly or Indirerty, by any
lspecial rate, rebate d,g .s-baek, or
or other device. charge, demand, collect,
or receives from any other person or
persons greater or less compensa--
tion tor any service rendered, or to be
rendered, in the transportation of pas
sengers or property subject to
the provisions of this aot,
than it charges, demands. COLLECTS, or
receives from any other person or persons
for doing for HIM or them like and con-
temporaneous service in the transpor-
tation of like kind of traffic under
substantially similar circumstances and
conditions, such common carrier
shall be deemed guilty of
unjust discrimination, which is hereby
prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
UNDUE OR UNREASONABLE PREFERENCES.
Il Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for
any common carrier subject 10 tho Pre-
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undue or unreasonable preference or adj
! vantage to any particular person, COM
pany, firm, corporation, or locality, OIL
, any particular description OF traffic, in
any respect whatsoever, or to subject
any particular person, company, firm,
corporation, or locality, or any particular
7 description Of traffic, to any undue OF
unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage
in any respect whatsoever. Every COM
mon carrier subject to the provisions oil
this aot she'll, according to their respec-
tive powers, afford all reasonable. proper
and equal facilities for the interchange
of traffic between their respective lines
! and for the reoeIving, forwarding and
delivering OF passengers and property to
and from their several lines and those
connecting Herewith, and shall moi
' discriminate in their rates and charges
! between such connecting lines; but thi'
2 shall not be construed as requiring any
: such common carrier to give the use O.
:. its track or terminal facilities to anothel
a carrier engaged in like business.
a LONG AND eHoT HAUL.
g Sec. 4. That ii shall be unlawful 10
any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions OF this act to charge or receiv,
!, any greater compensation in the aggre
: gate for the transportation Of passenger
: or OF like kind OF property, under sub
istantially similar circumstances and con
dItionB for shorter than for longe
distance over the same line. in the sam
10 direction. the shorter being include,
within the longer distance; but thi
IL shall not be construed as authorizing an,
t common carrier within the term OF thi
ii act to charge and receive as create
" compensation for shorter as for a Ion
It ger distance: provided, however, tha
:, upon application to the commission alb
n pointed under the provisions OF this &C
te such common carrier may, in specis
a. cases, after investigation by the com
4 mission, be authorized to charge lee
!. for longer than for shorter distances fo
is! transportation Of passengers or property
g g and the commission may from time |
= time prescribe tbs extent to which sal
designated common carrier may relieve
q from the operation Of this section Of th
10 act.
POOLING OF FR2IGHTs.
Sec. B. That it shall be unlawful fe
any common carrier subject to tho PR
visions OF this act to enter into any col
!. tract, agreement Or combination vii
~ any other common carrier or carriers t,
;, the pooling OF frieghts of different ar
at competing railroads, or to divide betwet
ed them the aggregate or net proceeds
the earnings OF such railroads, or al
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